This experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.This experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.This experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.
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- Lee De Forest(uncredited)
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- TriviaOne of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by the Library of Congress (AFI/Maurice Zouary collection) and has a running time of 7 minutes.
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Eddie Cantor: Hello. Oh, no. No, lady, no you're wrong. I'm not Tommy Meehan. Funny how everybody takes me for Tommy Meehan. No, Tommy hasn't got that certain... you know, that I have.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
- SoundtracksThe Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em
(1923) (uncredited)
Written by Harry DeCosta, Eddie Cantor and Fred E. Ahlert
Performed by Eddie Cantor
(Originally from the 1923 Broadway musical "Kid Boots")
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I enjoyed watching A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, star of Kid Boots when thinking of the timeline this appeared in
Starting today and up to and maybe after I see Les Miserables, I'm reviewing musical movies in nearly chronological order starting with this Lee De Forest Phonofilm short starring Eddie Cantor, a comedian and song-and-dance man who was a big star on Broadway. He sings a couple of songs of which the first-"The Dumber They Are, The Better I Like Them" is self-explanatory! He also tells many pretty funny jokes. Since this short is only seven minutes long, there's really nothing more than that to describe but since this was one of the earliest sound films, whatever audiences that watched this must have been overwhelmed simply by the what was coming out of it! So if you watch this thinking of that timeline, you should have no trouble enjoying A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, star of Kid Boots.
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- tavm
- Nov 28, 2012
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- Runtime7 minutes
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